pdm3547 wrote:It might also be worth noting the process for getting the tourist visa in the first place. You need to visit the Thai embassy in London (near the Royal Albert Hall), fill in the one page form, hand over your passport and fee and collect it back with visa applied the next day. The process took 4 minutes from entering the door to leaving.
Can one not apply by post to one of the consulates any more??
That's a good point actually. I should have made clear that I was talking about might own experience - I shouldn't have used the word "need". As I was living in Surrey, I took the opportunity to visit town
It was pretty slick though, if South Ken is handy to a visitor.
I've done a bit of searching on this one already, Caller is right, by post to the Royal Thai Embassy in London only but in person to any Consulate in the UK and there are quite a few of them!
I can't put a webpage link here cos I'm a newbie so I'm restricted!
Just Google "Royal Thai Embassy and Consulates in and around the UK" you'll get to a page with them all listed, contact info, everything. I've found the ones outside of London are really good about replying to e-mail enquiries, even going so far as telling me where the nearest free parking is!
Strange. When I last applied for a Visa (admittedly it was 3 years ago now) it was the other way around - you could ONLY apply by post to a Consulate, the Embassy didn't accept postal applications.
I confirm thay it can only be done now by the London Embassy.
I did mine in August for an September entry by post via the London Embassy. Multiple Entry 'O' Retirement visa. You can only pay with 'Postal Orders'. £120 for the visa and £27.50 cost of Postal Orders plus postage to London which was about another quid.
